I get the impression the reason that the cards with text that aren't very legible might be cards printed too lightly. I would expect these cards to some sort of initial print, likely for testing if the cards were printed correctly.
Lighting could be what's wrong with the cards, because you can barely see INCREDIBLY faint text on the cards. When he zooms in on Evil Twin, you can see a Blue and Black symbol in the text box. I assume the twin can change what it's a copy of somehow.
This is definitely viral marketing. We're such suckers for this stuff
I updated my first post here with some card names. Would be sweet if we could finish them.
Travel Preparations (common, text in 1st post) ______ Marauders (rare creature) Grimoire of the Dead (mythic, legendary artifact, costs :4mana:) Evil Twin (:2mana::symu::symb:, 0/0 shapeshifter, has some sort of ability with blue and black mana in its cost)
no idea on the last one but it's got a day symbol on it
Hmmm. The book at the end makes me think it's more real and that the washed out pictures are due to lighting. Still... we can catch the text on all the other cards just fine. That book is AWESOME.
It's not just lighting. Other than the mana symbols in Evil Twin's Rules text and the first card, the text is too faint.
The name of the legendary artifact is "Grimoire of the Dead".
The Vampire Warrior and Evil Twin are both rares.
Am able to make out Creature - Shapeshifter on Evil Twin as well.
The cost of the Vampire Warrior is 2RR.
All but the first card clearly have been printed lightly in the text box on purpose. Between that, the avacyn book, the cards looking legit, and the video description, if this isn't viral marketing I'll eat my hat.
Hard to say. That book at the end though was a clincher. It's very well made and the person would have had to have seen the symbol a lot sooner than a day ago to make something like that I asume. It's just very professional looking and a very interesting promotional gimick. "blank" journal bible thing...
The green card clearly shows the symbol of Avacyn in the art. It's almost absolutely real. Someone *might* have been able to fake the symbol on the cover of a blank book, but putting it into a fake card's art like that would be ridiculous. I'm convinced it's real.
thinking about it, it's most definitely viral marketing. why else feature that Avacyn book cover so prominently? plus, the story about the book giving a sense of dread or whatever screams viral marketing.
on a side note, I definitely want that Avacyn book. best notebook ever? possibly.
Take your monoblack deck, then set aside 14 swamps. Add 4 Creeping Tar Pits, 4 Darkslick Shores, 4 Drowned Catacombs, and 2 Jwar isle Refuge and add 4 Jace, the Mindsculptors. Your monoblack deck is instantly better. Better yet, drop those refuges, throw in some islands and some mana leaks, and lo and behold, you're now playing a real deck. Congratulations. Welcome to the world of competitive M:TG.
The green card clearly shows the symbol of Avacyn in the art. It's almost absolutely real. Someone *might* have been able to fake the symbol on the cover of a blank book, but putting it into a fake card's art like that would be ridiculous. I'm convinced it's real.
Good point, and I noticed that when I was making my screens. They are likely some kind of viral marketing. I'll bet these books (with cards inside like bookmarks) will be sent to shops.
haha wow. I think this is probably some type of teaser package. The cards just gradually fade in ink. Could obviously be a hoax, but I could see it being legit.
I updated my first post here with some card names. Would be sweet if we could finish them.
Travel Preparations (common, text in 1st post)
______ Marauders (rare creature)
Grimoire of the Dead (mythic, legendary artifact, costs :4mana:)
Evil Twin (:2mana::symu::symb:, 0/0 shapeshifter, has some sort of ability with blue and black mana in its cost)
no idea on the last one but it's got a day symbol on it
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I might just quote this in my sig.
Hahaha good one.
... as if that jerk has to showboat his playset of duals at the end
It's not just lighting. Other than the mana symbols in Evil Twin's Rules text and the first card, the text is too faint.
The name of the legendary artifact is "Grimoire of the Dead".
The Vampire Warrior and Evil Twin are both rares.
Am able to make out Creature - Shapeshifter on Evil Twin as well.
The cost of the Vampire Warrior is 2RR.
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:symw::symg: Trostani Enchantress (updated 6/5)
:symg::symr::symu: Unexpected Results.dec
Thada Adel Stax WIP
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Thank you for this. No YouTube behind the Wall of Fire.
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on a side note, I definitely want that Avacyn book. best notebook ever? possibly.
Thanx to Bookworm10 for the Sig.
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Of interest, OP's country is Ukraine and the account posts in Russian.
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Good point, and I noticed that when I was making my screens. They are likely some kind of viral marketing. I'll bet these books (with cards inside like bookmarks) will be sent to shops.
This is exactly what happened.
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